What do I know (Maryland and PSU)?

[Medill90]

I don't how Maryland and PSU got left out of the tournament.

Just terrible.

PSU, especially, should have been in.

 

[Styre]

Maryland didn't even make the NIT. They had a losing record in a terrible Big Ten and their best win all year was over Butler in November.

 

[NJCat]

Maryland had not reason to be in the NCAA. PSU deserved to go.

The team to feel bad for is Nebraska. I'd rather see them than the failing Oklahoma.

 

[Catreporter]

Penn State paid for a weak non-con schedule and failing to win the two big intersectional games they were required to play. Nebraska had a better case but they beat only six teams with winning records and had a bad road record.

 

[Medill90]

Ken Pomeroy had Nebraska well behind PSU and Maryland.

 

[NJCat]

Ken Pomeroy had Nebraska well behind PSU and Maryland.

My eyes told me NE was better than both. They won 9 out of 10 games to end the regular season, including wins over both MD and PSU. Their loss @illinois probably doomed them.

 

[Sec_112]

Anybody see where Nebraska fell in the NIT? They were a five seed - the second half of the bracket.

Obviously, the B10 was not exactly highly regarded this year.

 

[Jonny2TheP]

Anybody see where Nebraska fell in the NIT? They were a five seed - the second half of the bracket.

Obviously, the B10 was not exactly highly regarded this year.

ACC and Big 12 got a lot of love. Even the SEC got a little more love than Big. Only PAC 10 got the shaft more than the BIG.

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

ACC and Big 12 got a lot of love. Even the SEC got a little more love than Big. Only PAC 10 got the shaft more than the BIG.

Actually, the ACC, Big 12 and even the SEC were probably better-balanced conferences than the Big 10 this season, and the Big East might have been as well. Not a vintage year for the B1G, which was really top-heavy this season. They were hurt by the fact that traditionally strong programs such as Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin were either so-so or bad this season. Minnesota flopped as well. Only Ohio State and Nebraska playing better than expected and Penn State finally being respectable prevented the league from being a complete bust.

 

[blockm2]

Ken Pomeroy had Nebraska well behind PSU and Maryland.

while I love me some KenPom, his tool has most utility for predicting Ws and Ls going forward. It's less useful to describe the quality of a resume a team has built up via previous wins and losses. For example, if your team wins 10 games in a row by 1 point, KenPom sees that as being essentially identical to playing those same 10 games except losing 9 of them by 1 point and winning the 10th by 19 points. 10-0 vs 1-9. Nobody would say that's the same outcome, but KenPom would rank them nearly identically.